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>>>to
syria
now and one of the deadliest days of fighting and an ominous call today from the leader of a powerful lebanese group
hezbollah
. he said his fighters would wage an all out battle to save
syria
's president
assad
.
richard engel
is in istanbul with our report tonight.

>>good evening. the war in
syria
could soon get more violent and efforts to end it more difficult. today, the lebanese group
hezbollah
effectively
declared war
on the syrian opposition.
hezbollah
is big, well armed and not prone to issuing idle threats. today,
hezbollah
leader said his group will not allow president
assad
to fall. and that it is in the
syrian war
quote to the
end of the road
.
hezbollah
has already been fighting in
syria
in secret, but today for the first time,
hezbollah
admitted it is sending in fighters and committed itself to a much deeper involvement.
hezbollah
is a shiite group and backed president
assad
, who is also a shiite. the rebels said today it will defeat are mostly sunnis. washington is pushing for a diplomatic solution. lester?